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Still not sold on Oklahoma

I will probably eat my words after this weekend but I have never been sold on Oklahoma being a BCS title contender and a lot of it has to do with their defense. Currently their defensive rankings are
Rush defense- 79th
Pass efficiency defense- 51stTotal defense- 93Scoring Defense-56

They have one impressive win against FSU but other than that, they have played close games against Texas, Utah St, Air force, and Cincinnati allowing teams to come back in the second half. Cincinnati threw an INT in the end zone, fumbled a punt on their own 7 and then fumbled on OUs 5 yard line.

This is not OU's typical defense. It looks as though they can be run on and teams can move the ball against them. Of course, I expect to see a large dose of Demarco Murray run right at us and we won't be able to do anything about it.

In the end, I am not predicting a win here and expect us to lose but OU's defense gives a little bit of hope

Re: Still not sold on Oklahoma

Originally Posted by tazclone

I will probably eat my words after this weekend but I have never been sold on Oklahoma being a BCS title contender and a lot of it has to do with their defense. Currently their defensive rankings are
Rush defense- 79th
Pass efficiency defense- 51stTotal defense- 93Scoring Defense-56

They have one impressive win against FSU but other than that, they have played close games against Texas, Utah St, Air force, and Cincinnati allowing teams to come back in the second half. Cincinnati threw an INT in the end zone, fumbled a punt on their own 7 and then fumbled on OUs 5 yard line.

This is not OU's typical defense. It looks as though they can be run on and teams can move the ball against them. Of course, I expect to see a large dose of Demarco Murray run right at us and we won't be able to do anything about it.

In the end, I am not predicting a win here and expect us to lose but OU's defense gives a little bit of hope

I sort of remember a lot of people (including me) had this kind of thinking before the Utah game as well.

But hey, I'm with you, brau! I like the positive, never-say-quit attitude.

Re: Still not sold on Oklahoma

Originally Posted by tazclone

I will probably eat my words after this weekend but I have never been sold on Oklahoma being a BCS title contender and a lot of it has to do with their defense. Currently their defensive rankings are
Rush defense- 79th
Pass efficiency defense- 51stTotal defense- 93Scoring Defense-56

They have one impressive win against FSU but other than that, they have played close games against Texas, Utah St, Air force, and Cincinnati allowing teams to come back in the second half. Cincinnati threw an INT in the end zone, fumbled a punt on their own 7 and then fumbled on OUs 5 yard line.

This is not OU's typical defense. It looks as though they can be run on and teams can move the ball against them. Of course, I expect to see a large dose of Demarco Murray run right at us and we won't be able to do anything about it.

In the end, I am not predicting a win here and expect us to lose but OU's defense gives a little bit of hope

Re: Still not sold on Oklahoma

I am not sold of OU as a national contender, but they will kick the crap out of ISU. The thing that I have never understood about OU under Stoops is that they will look great during the season and get into a BCS bowl game and then lay an egg. It is almost like when every other team is getting ready for the bowl game, OU is out drinking beer and chasing woman.

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